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Surfer Joe · Minnesota Reviewer Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 199

The City of Minnetonka Parks and Trails Division Manager has asked me to post this draft geocaching policy he plans to present soon to the park board. Please feel free to comment and I will pass pertinent comments back to him.

Pear Head

MN_Cavepeople · Geocacher Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 369

I think that if they are going to require that something be written on the outside of the cache it should be "GEOCACHE" rather than the cache name. If the purpose of this requirement is to identify to authorities and/or people who stumble across the container that it is just a cache and not something more sinister "GEOCACHE" would be more clear than "Minnetonka Park 8".

dornole · Geocacher Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 353

If they mean they'll just review them on gc.com -- that would be fantastic. So much less cumbersome than registering. If adopted this would be a great one to reference in future discussions with cities. I was afraid Minnetonka would go the same route as Eden Prairie and if they are willing to monitor caching that way instead -- that's a great precedent for other cities.

Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

emmanogoldfish · Geocacher Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 106

Are they properly informed that people may place caches on their city's porperty that require payment to a private corporation in order to obtain the coordinates? In effect operating a concession on their property? Most local governments have an ordinance or policy regarding such and they should be fully informed.

minnesotabrad · Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject:

Pear Head · Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject:

spinowner · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:31 am Post subject:

There are no active premium-member-only caches located within the city limits of Minnetonka.
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Arcticabn · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:00 pm Post subject:

The City of Minnetonka Parks and Trails Division can not ban Member Only caches in Minnetonka. They can only ban them on the property they manage.

It is a moot point at this time, but any policy that they make in the future only impact the land that they manage. Seems that a few of the newer cachers believe that if a policy exists for one entity that it applies to the entire area.
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Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

The reason that MOCs were banned in some areas came from the simple fact that land managers would not be able to see MOC caches if they didn't have a geocaching.com premium account.
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KRedEP · Geocacher Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 713

Having gone through this with my own city, and reading SJ's post, it seems this is a great policy - a dream! Sounds like it's reaffirming gc.com policy instead of inventing it's own. I agree "Geocache" on the outside makes more sense than the name of the cache. The cities are all looking at each other's policies and copying without really thinking about small details like that. What the first one did, they all do just because.

If it does get to a point where Minnetonka, or any other entity requires permission, then it should also be written the time expectation for notification of approval or denial. Spoken from personal experience!